Mon, 28 June 2010 According to Newsweek, Florida schools account for 1 out of every 12 of the best high schools in the nation. Ranked by advanced-placement college-level courses and test scores, 135 Florida schools made the list, including 3 of the Top 10. (Read more) Category: Progressive Education -- posted at: 10:47 AM Comments[0] |
Mon, 21 June 2010 Florida's Valencia Community College awards more associate degrees than any other two-year school in the nation, according to a report just published by Community College Week. Florida is home to nearly 1 out of every 5 of Community College Week's top schools, including 6 of the Top 10 four-year institutions. (Read more) Category: Progressive Education -- posted at: 10:11 AM Comments[0] |
Fri, 21 May 2010 Officials from the University of Florida Health Science Center and Shands Healthcare unveiled an ambitious five-year plan Thursday that would add 300 faculty positions and cost $580 million, with the goal of placing the Health Science Center among the top 10 percent of national academic health care facilities. (Read more) Category: Progressive Education -- posted at: 12:13 PM Comments[0] |
Fri, 26 March 2010 The nation's top four undergraduate business programs on Bloomberg BusinessWeek's ROI ranking of public schools are all in the Sunshine State: University of Central Florida in Orlando; University of Florida in Gainesville; Florida International in Miami; and Florida State in Tallahassee. (Read more) Category: Progressive Education -- posted at: 2:07 PM Comments[0] |
Fri, 26 March 2010 The Polk Public Schools are one of 33 school districts nationally to win a 2010 Magna Award from the American School Board Journal magazine. Polk won the award for its implementation of 31 career academies at 15 high schools. (Read more) Category: Progressive Education -- posted at: 10:39 AM Comments[0] |
Thu, 14 January 2010 Florida public schools ranked 8th overall in Education Week magazine's annual Quality Counts, a report card that grades states on education performance and policy. Florida earned top marks for its Teaching Profession (ranked 4th in the nation); Standards, Assessments, & Accountability (5th); and K-12 Achievement (7th). (Read more) Category: Progressive Education -- posted at: 12:26 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 12 January 2010 New College of Florida (3rd) and Florida State University (4th) took top spots on the Princeton Review's Best Value Colleges 2010. Rollins College, University of Central Florida and University of Florida also made the top 100. Selection criteria included more than 30 factors in academics, costs and financial aid. (Read more) Category: Progressive Education -- posted at: 10:41 AM Comments[0] |
Tue, 5 January 2010 Kiplinger's ranks five Florida schools among the nation's best values in public colleges and universities. Based on academics and cost, the University of Florida ranked #2 for in-state value and #4 for out-of-state value. (Read more) Category: Progressive Education -- posted at: 2:43 PM Comments[0] |
Thu, 23 April 2009 Kathleen High School’s Central Florida Aerospace Academy (CFAA), an aviation-oriented high school/career academy in Polk County, was awarded a $1.4 million education grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). (Polk County Schools) Category: Progressive Education -- posted at: 10:23 AM Comments[0] |
Thu, 26 March 2009 Florida’s academic institutions attracted more than $1.5 billion in research & development investment in FY2007- the 10th highest among all U.S. states. (National Science Foundation) Category: Progressive Education -- posted at: 3:45 PM Comments[0] |
Thu, 8 January 2009 Six Florida universities, including University of Florida at No. 2, and New College of Florida at No. 8 place, were named to Kiplinger’s Best Values in Public Colleges. These rankings recognize schools with top-flight academics and affordable costs. (Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, January 2009) Category: Progressive Education -- posted at: 3:17 PM Comments[0] |
Thu, 8 January 2009 Florida ranks among the nation’s top 10 states in Education Week's 2009 Quality Counts: Portrait of a Population, a report that tracks state policies and performance across key areas of education. Florida ranks 4th in the nation in the Teaching Profession and 7th in student achievement. (Education Week, Jan 2009) Category: Progressive Education -- posted at: 2:47 PM Comments[0] |
Thu, 4 December 2008 Florida ranks No.1 in the nation in online education. The Center for Digital Education evaluated each state’s vision, policies, programs and strategies to transform their academic environments to meet student need, and declared Florida the national leader. (Center for Digital Education, October 2008) Category: Progressive Education -- posted at: 9:06 AM Comments[0] |
Thu, 6 November 2008 The Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy, University of Central Floridas graduate video game design and development program, ranked among the Top 10 schools most favored by video game industry recruiters for the quality of its graduates.(Los Angeles Times, October 2008)
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Mon, 6 October 2008 The University of South Florida's graduate entrepreneurship program was ranked the 5th best program in the country in the 2008 ranking from The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine. USF is also the youngest program to be included in the 2008 ranking. Read Now! - More stories like it Category: Progressive Education -- posted at: 4:07 PM Comments[0] |
Wed, 1 October 2008 The University of Central Florida is among the top 10 research universities in the nation, according to the 2008 University Patent Scorecard published by Intellectual Property Today. The Patent Scorecard ranks technology innovations gained from patents. UCF jumped from 21st to eighth to surpass Harvard University and the University of Wisconsin in the top 10. UCF also ranked third in the industry impact category, which measures the role a university’s patents play in serving as a foundation for other patents and technologies. (Intellectual Property Today, Sep 2008) Read Now! - More stories like it Category: Progressive Education -- posted at: 4:16 PM Comments[0] |
Fri, 26 September 2008 Eight of Florida's college and universities were ranked among the best by the U.S. News & World Report’s 2009 edition of "America's Best Colleges." University of Florida and Florida State University earned #17 and #50 ranks, respectively, in the Top Public Schools: National Universities list, while the University of Miami ranked #51 in the overall Best National Universities list. Among private colleges, Rollins College ranked #1 among 121 Southern master's-level universities, New College of Florida became the nation’s #5 ranked Public Liberal Arts College, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University retained its top ranking for the ninth year in a row in "Best aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical engineering programs" in the U.S. (U.S. News & World Report August 2008) Read Now! - More stories like it Category: Progressive Education -- posted at: 4:23 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 3 June 2008 Florida leads the nation with the most Newsweek Top 100 U.S. High Schools, accounting for nearly 1 out of every 5 of the top ranked schools as measured by the magazine's Challenge Index. (Newsweek, May 2008) Comments[0] |
Fri, 9 May 2008 Florida's universities continue to grow their research investments, which totaled more than $1.6 billion in 2007. Licensing income, patents and invention disclosures were also up last year at the 13 major Florida research universities surveyed. (Florida Research Consortium, May 2008) Comments[0] |
Thu, 3 April 2008 The University of Florida's Warrington School of Business tops the Economist Intelligence Unit's just-published ranking of distance learning MBA programs. Florida's students are especially impressed with the quality of the school's distance learning materials, the program's value for money and their sense of connection to the school. More on this story - More stories like it Direct download: Distance_Learning_Which_MBA.pdf Category: Progressive Education -- posted at: 11:55 AM Comments[0] |
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